Environmental Assessment

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has filed an environmental impact statement for the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in March 2015.

The statement summarizes the results of 77 studies undertaken over four years, with contributions from more than 100 professional scientists and more than 35,000 hours of field work. This work informed the port authority’s assessment of potential environmental, economic, social, heritage and health effects of the project, including cumulative effects.

The environmental impact statement includes proposed mitigation measures to reduce, avoid or offset potential effects and describes the monitoring and follow-up program that would be undertaken to ensure mitigation measures are effective.

Extensive technical and environmental studies were conducted to complement a wealth of previously available scientific information, and consultation was undertaken with regulators, Aboriginal groups, local government and the public. Input received was considered and incorporated, along with technical and financial information, in the planning and development of the project, in the assessment of potential effects and in the development of mitigation measures.

The Environmental Impact Statement and Marine Shipping Supplemental Report conclude that the project should be approved to proceed, given that it is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects, and given the benefits of the project to Canada and British Columbia.

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